DISCO reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(327 total reviews)
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Eric Friedrichsen

90% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

DISCO has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 327 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DISCO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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327 reviews
1.0
Aug 28, 2018

Toxic work environment with no room for growth

Anonymous employee
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Pros

High compensation meant to entrap employees

Cons

1. CEO is untrustworthy, micromanages, and create a toxic environment where he harasses employees. 2. CTO verbally assaults most direct reports daily to the extent of yelling and cursing. In addition to this expect to not be trusted and told how to do every aspect of your job and life. 3. Loyalty is valued over competency. 4. Extremely slow product delivery cycle. 5. Horrible product full of quality and usability issues. 6. No path for growth, expect to be over-titled, over-paid, and regress in your career during your time. 7. Stock is worthless for current hires due to dilution.

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DISCO Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback, and we’re sorry you had this experience. DISCO has continued to evolve since your departure. As to be expected with any start-up experiencing hyper growth, there are growing pains that come with this velocity. I want to ensure you we are committed to providing an environment where people share a unified vision, are empowered by the Inventor’s Spirit, and want to be @ DISCO for a long-term career. In January, our leadership team brought on an HR team that is focused on continually improving the employee experience. My team is working on key enhancements across the company including manager training, career development, and proactively requesting feedback from employees on a regular cadence to identify and address employee concerns.
2.0
Sep 4, 2023

Your team may be great, but senior leadership is a disaster

Anonymous employee
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Pros

My team was great, excellent manager that looked out for the team and encouraged us to do our best work. PTO policy was great, and comp generally matched the market over time.

Cons

Return to office: it’s completely disrespectful and arbitrary to require employees that have demonstrated an excellent work ethic and job performance while working remotely to have to return to the office on a fixed schedule. Talented, long-term employees with institutional knowledge are (and will be) leaving because this short-sighted decision. For every experienced employee leaving due to RTO, senior leadership’s “strategy” seems to be re-hiring at a lower pay and skill-level in India — good luck with that. Too much drama and fire-drills from senior leadership, specifically the CEO, that are completely counterproductive to the company’s stated goals and long term interests.

1.0
Sep 1, 2023

Run run run!

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Pros

CEO and Sales leadership gives you the freedom to wine and dine potential clients into buying into their so called "ediscovery ecosystem". Pretty much anything short of a bribe can be expensed. (cases of Dom Perignon, $1,000 dinners, etc.)

Cons

From the top down, there is a noticeable lack of direction and a consistent failure to communicate a clear vision for the company. Leadership believes they are providing direction and then makes a knee jerk change at the last minute. Team members often find themselves scrambling to decipher what's expected of them, which is incredibly frustrating and demotivating. The workplace culture is a toxic cesspool. The company preaches values and principles that they routinely fail to uphold. There is a stark disconnect between what they say and what they do. Be a yes man/woman or see you later. If you've been with the company longer than 2 years go with established account you are probably good to, but beware if you join a territory with "good accounts". You most likely will be cut off from those good accounts since someone who has been with the company for a long time called them 5 years ago and has a relationship with another office. Also, the OTE they present is unattainable, even going into your second year. Not even close to the 50/50 base/commission they tell you. More like 80/20. If you do get a job selling for them you'll notice that the company email domain has already been blocked by a ton of potential clients because they spam email and call everyone in their system every few weeks.

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